Tool IF-1: Planning for IBL in mathematics

For this tool you will need the following resources:

IF-1 PowerPoint

Handout 1: Building a school with bottles in Honduras

Handout 2: Developing a lesson plan

Handout 3: A sample lesson plan

The aim of this tool is to start the group thinking about how to plan for inquiry learning in mathematics. In this activity, the group work together to plan how they will teach a lesson in which students lead their own inquiry.

Introduce the lesson ‘Building a School’ and provide the group with copies of Handout 1: Building a school with bottles in Honduras. Emphasise that in this lesson students ask and answer their own questions and, in so doing, they engage in the modelling cycle. Explain that the lesson is deliberately open and the student activity will depend on what questions they want to pursue in this context.

Provide the group with copies of Handout 2: Developing a lesson plan. Ask them to work in pairs to develop a plan that includes how they will:

organise the classroom and the resources needed;

introduce the situation to pupils;

introduce the idea of the modelling cycle;

organise the main part of the lesson;

use questioning;

finish the lesson.

Bring the group together and ask them to share any important points that have arisen from their discussions. Provide them with Handout 3: A sample lesson plan and ask them to devise a research question together.

The group should now aim to complete their planning, teach the lesson and be ready to report back at the next session.

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Acknowledgement & Copyright

The content of the mascil toolkit was developed by the mascil team at the University of Nottingham, UK.

The development of the concept of the mascil toolkit was led by the University of Nottingham, UK in discussion with the Universities of Jaen (ES) and Utrecht (NL) and the Pädagogische Hochschule, Freiburg (DE).

The mascil project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement no 320 693